The age does not really matter Elric, it's the percentage of people using a platform. See the links in my previous email. I think the highest we can go is 17, but that's just me.
Gary On Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 4:11 PM Elric <el...@melnib.one> wrote: > On 12/09/2024 19:21, Gary D. Gregory wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Any thoughts on the minimum Java platform requirement for 2.0? > > > > Options are (IMO): 8, 11, 17, or 21. > > I have no vote, but I would go for 21. This will likely be a decision > that will have an impact for a long time. 21 is 1 year old, 17 is 3 > years old, 11 is already already 6 years old, and 8 is over 10 years old. > > People can continue to use 1.x if they are stuck on ancient Java > versions, but there should be no need to for any major release of any > commons project to stick to older versions. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
